New office-bearers take charge at YWCA Trivandrum
The Hindu
A candle lighting ceremony marked the occasion
New office-bearers of YWCA Trivandrum, which is 104 years old, took charge at a candle-lighting ceremony held the other day in the city. It has been a tradition of YWCA to hold the ceremony wherein the outgoing president hands over a lighted candle to the new president.
The new office-bearers are Mariam Gibu Abraham (president), Jaikumari Rajenesh and Jolly Job (both vice-presidents), Sheeba Varghese (treasurer) and Sajini Varghese Oommen (recording secretary), says a press release issued by the Association.
The statement also says that the Association has distributed nearly 1,000 notices with masks in various colonies in the city to spread awareness about COVID-19 vaccination. It associated with SP Well Fort hospital in the vaccination campaign. The Association has started a book lending library for children at its welfare centre at Vazhayila and gave away notebooks and stationery items to children in poor homes.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.